The symptoms of Lyme disease in dogs differ from those in people, and usually occur much later after the tick bite. Clinical illness in dogs usually occurs 2 to 5 MONTHS after initial exposure and the likelihood of disease and the severity of the disease seems to vary with the animal's age and immune status. This pup would have had to been bitten before 8 weeks old. That said... I don't know why there always has to be someone to "blame". Even dogs on tick preventative can be bitten by a tick. And a puppy that young wouldn't be on tick meds yet. Ginger Cleary "... more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a moral evil than by men intent on doing evil."-- Fredrich v Hayek My Ebay site <http://stores.ebay.com/The-Crafty-K9_W0QQssPageNameZl2QQtZkm> My Cafepress store <http://www.cafepress.com/thecraftyk9> Rome, GA http://www.rihadin.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <CMILL189@xxxxxxx> To: <hollywoods@xxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 4:30 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Pano or Lyme He was diagnosed at about 31/2 months old . So when I had a 4 month old GSD pup start limping I had him tested for lyme first thing and sure enough He had definitely had Lyme Disease and Pano as well. I did not treat with Doxy but used amoxi instead due to his young age. A very interesting Question came up with the Golden's owners. Who should be responsible for the Lyme disease in their puppy? The Breeder or the new owners? He was bought at about 9-10 weeks old, and at about 14-15 weeks old he was limpy and a bit lethargic? Just a Question? What do you guys think? No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.20/1453 - Release Date: 5/18/2008 9:31 AM ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================